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republicans have been trying to portray president obama as other since before he was even elected. it started with the birther movement, but obama derangement syndrome has taken many forms since then. he's a socialist, he's a muslim, an elitist. he's waging a war against religion. but this weekend it took a turn. twitter erupted during the history channel's hugely popular miniseries, the bible, when someone pointed out a resemblance between the actor playing devil and president obama. he tweeted, anyone else think the devil in the bible sunday on the history channel looks exactly like that guy. >> the history channel released a statement calling it unfortunate that anyone made this connection. but that hasn't stopped right wing conspiracy sites from turning out. let me get this straight. the devil is a man who fought to reform healthcare to people with preexisting conditions can't be denied coverage. a man who's set to end a decade of war, a man who's fighting to raise minimum wage, a man who puts the middle class interests ahead of the interests of the upper class. sounds like peo
republicans have been trying to portray president obama as other since before he was even elected. it started with the birther movement, but obama derangement syndrome has taken many forms since then. he's a socialist, he's a muslim, an elitist. he's waging a war against religion. but this weekend it took a turn. twitter erupted during the history channel's hugely popular miniseries, the bible, when someone pointed out a resemblance between the actor playing devil and president obama. he...
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if you look back at that election day, a midterm election with a lot of stuff going on but the nra has fulfilled that myth. >> go ahead. >> we need to let members of congress know we have their backs in upcoming elections if they stand up and part of this conversation. we don't need to put pressure on the president and vice president, they're already leading this charge and mayor bloomberg and we need to have a conversation with those holding it up. >> well said. thank you for joining us. >>> michele bachmann says she wants to kill obama-care before it kills us all. the big panel takes on her latest lycoming up. >>> the white house tours aren't the only things being shut down because of budget cuts. find out how sequestration is making it harder to squeeze the charmin. introducing olay fresh effects' unstoppable skincare! when every day is a new adventure there's a new skin care line-up that can keep up. start fresh and finish sparkling 24/7 with new olay fresh effects. ♪ catch them if you can at olayfresheffects.com in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn
if you look back at that election day, a midterm election with a lot of stuff going on but the nra has fulfilled that myth. >> go ahead. >> we need to let members of congress know we have their backs in upcoming elections if they stand up and part of this conversation. we don't need to put pressure on the president and vice president, they're already leading this charge and mayor bloomberg and we need to have a conversation with those holding it up. >> well said. thank you for...
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the vote was scheduled on the eve of the elections deliberately. i don't want to let democrats off the hook. 29 senate democrats voted to authorize the use of force. some apologized later like john kerry. some brave people came out against it as you showed. barbara boxer, dick durbin, paul wellstone, but there is a tendency among democrats that really worries me. it's to act as though maybe their patriotism is possibly going to be called into question and they're always appeasing these bullies who question their very americanness and we saw that over and over at 9/11 and particularly in the run-up to war. it was a little bit frightening to be against the war as i was. we weren't really singled out and ridiculed, but we were right. they will go down in history as having done the wrong thing. it requires a lot of vigilance to make sure nothing like that happens again. >> given what the congresswoman said earlier, are we still at risk despite their bold and creative witness of a march to war of this magnitude or is there more accountability today? >>
the vote was scheduled on the eve of the elections deliberately. i don't want to let democrats off the hook. 29 senate democrats voted to authorize the use of force. some apologized later like john kerry. some brave people came out against it as you showed. barbara boxer, dick durbin, paul wellstone, but there is a tendency among democrats that really worries me. it's to act as though maybe their patriotism is possibly going to be called into question and they're always appeasing these bullies...
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they haven't elected a democratic representative since 1981. the special general election will be held on may 11th. >> will we see any gun safety laws in this congress. 81% say no. coming up, president obama fills out his card for the big dance. does he choose my hoyas? find out who he's picking to win it all. introducing olay fresh effects' unstoppable skincare! when every day is a new adventure there's a new skin care line-up that can keep up. start fresh and finish sparkling 24/7 with new olay fresh effects. ♪ catch them if you can at olayfresheffects.com in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. inrmezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's an effective sleep medicine you don't take before bedtime. take it in bed only when you need it and have at least four hours left for sleep. do not take intermezzo if you have had an allergic reaction to drugs containing zolpidem, such as ambien. aller
they haven't elected a democratic representative since 1981. the special general election will be held on may 11th. >> will we see any gun safety laws in this congress. 81% say no. coming up, president obama fills out his card for the big dance. does he choose my hoyas? find out who he's picking to win it all. introducing olay fresh effects' unstoppable skincare! when every day is a new adventure there's a new skin care line-up that can keep up. start fresh and finish sparkling 24/7 with...
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your party has had a very bad report this past election. let's talk about young people, in order to make people feel better about being republicans, your chair right now, mr. priebus, is saying let's talk more positively about gays, about more different views on issues, but he's really not doing anything. >> no, and that's going to be -- >> he's not telling anybody to change. >> in one sense you're not saying anything new. you didn't need to spend $10 million to figure that out. it's very obvious after the election, just after 2006 and 2008. we had a people problem. it's beyond the message. it's how we connect to people and how they respond. number two, with respect to young people they are going to be the outcome determinative factor for the party. the future will rest in their hands, and their attitudes are shifting and changing, and how the national leadership begins to reshape the argument. i mean, look, we are a party that believes very firmly in the marriage between a man and a woman. how do you express that without alienating those w
your party has had a very bad report this past election. let's talk about young people, in order to make people feel better about being republicans, your chair right now, mr. priebus, is saying let's talk more positively about gays, about more different views on issues, but he's really not doing anything. >> no, and that's going to be -- >> he's not telling anybody to change. >> in one sense you're not saying anything new. you didn't need to spend $10 million to figure that...
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polls aren't up for re-election. all of the folks in the red states are up for re-election in 2014. i think in many ways they will be happy to vote against an amendment, this assault weapons ban, but also support universal background checks. that will make them look moderate. >> mark, how do you build an organization of people that really do keep their minds on and their money on gun safety? >> well, i think we've started to do it. at this point we have more than 900 mayors around the country, 100 are republicans. we have almost 1.5 million grassroot supporters and all of them are about as heated up as we have seen about anything. they recognize this is a national moment. if you're going to turn this issue around, now is the time. we've sent more than 200,000 e-mails into the white house and members of congress and shut down switch board and won a major victory in colorado that was pretty hard fought. i think the predicate is there. success is patchwork but it is going to come. >> how do you get people to remind themselves? i know this is a tough one. the gun owner cleans his gun, h
polls aren't up for re-election. all of the folks in the red states are up for re-election in 2014. i think in many ways they will be happy to vote against an amendment, this assault weapons ban, but also support universal background checks. that will make them look moderate. >> mark, how do you build an organization of people that really do keep their minds on and their money on gun safety? >> well, i think we've started to do it. at this point we have more than 900 mayors around...
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his latest book is "panic" about the 2012 election. paul rieckhoff, executive director and founder of the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. from 2003 to 2004 he served as army first lieutenant in iraq. let me start with michael about the cost figures. i have to call it the bs that was sold. this war was going to be paid for by cheap gas. cheap gasoline. somehow were they just going to open up the pipeline from iraq over to america? we get all that stuff? we get first dibs? we got nothing of the kind. let's start with the lives. 190,000 dead people. >> if you remember famously general eric shinseki said we would need more troops to do this and he was dismissed. remember, paul wolf wits did actually make the claim that iraqi oil revenues would be able to pay for this conflict. and not only would the selling the war point and the costs of the war, you know, in your last segment you made this great point about the media. it's even -- you can go even further than that. the media was complicit. the media took an active role in sellin
his latest book is "panic" about the 2012 election. paul rieckhoff, executive director and founder of the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. from 2003 to 2004 he served as army first lieutenant in iraq. let me start with michael about the cost figures. i have to call it the bs that was sold. this war was going to be paid for by cheap gas. cheap gasoline. somehow were they just going to open up the pipeline from iraq over to america? we get all that stuff? we get first dibs? we...
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gore which effectively closed the book on the 2000 presidential election by ending the florida recount and mr. boies is with me here. good to have you. >> good to be here. this time i have ted olson who is representing me. >> that's right. you are a team here which is striking. pick up on this conversation. what is it that you need the court to decide in lay language? >> sure. at the very beginning of this case, he said we needed to prove three things. first marriage is a fund aament right. we needed to do that and the defendants even agreed with that. the supreme court has ruled that 14 times in the last 100 years. second, we needed to prove that depriving gay and lesbian citizens of the right to marry seriously harmed them and seriously harmed the children that they were raising. and we proved that, too, not only through our witnesses but through the defense witnesses. >> can i interrupt on that point? i think it's significant. in effect, are you vaing you want gays and lesbians to be treated as a protected class like african-americans? in other words, the burden is so high to diskri
gore which effectively closed the book on the 2000 presidential election by ending the florida recount and mr. boies is with me here. good to have you. >> good to be here. this time i have ted olson who is representing me. >> that's right. you are a team here which is striking. pick up on this conversation. what is it that you need the court to decide in lay language? >> sure. at the very beginning of this case, he said we needed to prove three things. first marriage is a fund...
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i mean, they're afraid about their election prospects. i mean, when the head of the nra goes to cpac and says the vehicle they have chosen to develop their policy as the republican party, what does that tell you? it tells you there's this gigantic disconnect. the reality is the vast majority of americans want universal background checks. you can't get on the a plane without somebody doing a background check on you. but you can go and buy a gun. >> i guess they believe in same-sex marriage between the nra and republican party. last week during a senate judiciary hearing on gun safety, things got heated between freshman republican, ted cruz, who's far right on this gun issue. i think he's against any gun control. and committee chair, dianne feinstein, who's very good on it. let's watch. >> the question i would pose to the senior senator from california is would she deem it consistent with the bill of rights for congress to engage in the same endeavor we are contemplating doing in the second amendment in context of the first or fourth amendm
i mean, they're afraid about their election prospects. i mean, when the head of the nra goes to cpac and says the vehicle they have chosen to develop their policy as the republican party, what does that tell you? it tells you there's this gigantic disconnect. the reality is the vast majority of americans want universal background checks. you can't get on the a plane without somebody doing a background check on you. but you can go and buy a gun. >> i guess they believe in same-sex marriage...
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know, as cokie roberts rightly said, there's been a lot of reporting on this since the days he was elected. and, i think a fair summary of his harshest british is that his harshest critic is someone from a newspaper that is closely alive with the government that then cardinal bergoglio very harshly criticized and that this critic was also, maybe had some skeletons in his closet with regard to his own behavior during the dirty war and this critic is the one keeping this allegation most alive and making it most bow siff rourousely. the cardinal at the time said he did work behind the scenes in order to assist and even free people. that said, it's very appropriate that we have the situation of countries all over the world elevated to global awareness and that it's great that we have popes from those countries to do that. one of the most wonderful things about any time you spend at the vatican is that you break out of your own limited understanding of the catholic church and you come into contact with people who have grown up with a really different understanding of the church, different spiri
know, as cokie roberts rightly said, there's been a lot of reporting on this since the days he was elected. and, i think a fair summary of his harshest british is that his harshest critic is someone from a newspaper that is closely alive with the government that then cardinal bergoglio very harshly criticized and that this critic was also, maybe had some skeletons in his closet with regard to his own behavior during the dirty war and this critic is the one keeping this allegation most alive and...
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that's doing it instead of the military it's war that is waged secretly with no expectation that our elected officials will even admit that it's happening and there's no expectation that it will be overseen by congress the way that war is overseen by congress. this isn't armed services. this is intelligence and it's responsible for keeping safe the family jewels, right? one of the interesting d. c. dynamics is that the cia maybe doesn't want this job any more. that although they have been ramped up to become a covert air force not everything is psyched up about it. after petraeus had to resign, the acting director who took over was described in the press as concerned about the overmilitarization of the cia. john brennan who president obama appointed to run the cia in his second term, he told the washington post in october that he too was interested in the cia getting out of the drone business, saying essentially that that is war and not intelligence and as such it should be done by the pentagon and not by the people who are supposed to be our nation's spies. well, that transition, that chang
that's doing it instead of the military it's war that is waged secretly with no expectation that our elected officials will even admit that it's happening and there's no expectation that it will be overseen by congress the way that war is overseen by congress. this isn't armed services. this is intelligence and it's responsible for keeping safe the family jewels, right? one of the interesting d. c. dynamics is that the cia maybe doesn't want this job any more. that although they have been...
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he is stronger and just won re-election and netanyahu is weaker. had he a weak showing in the elect shu and had trouble forming a government, so the president is going over his head. he wants to begin a dialogue with the israeli people and show the united states is a friend of israel and show also that israel taking more risks for peace than netanyahu has been willing to support is a good idea. this is the beginning of a long conversation. >> all right. here with us now from jerusalem, nbc chief foreign affairs correspondent, andrea mitchell. given all we have talked about and the constraints and years this has been in the making what is the white house hoping to accomplish on this trip? >> they have accomplished already what they hope to accomplish and do more with the speech today, reaching over the heads, as you've just been pointing out, to the israeli people and especially to israeli youth. but one of the blogs on the jerusalem post today was, he has us at shalom. his first words on getting off air force one. then he takes off his jacket. so n
he is stronger and just won re-election and netanyahu is weaker. had he a weak showing in the elect shu and had trouble forming a government, so the president is going over his head. he wants to begin a dialogue with the israeli people and show the united states is a friend of israel and show also that israel taking more risks for peace than netanyahu has been willing to support is a good idea. this is the beginning of a long conversation. >> all right. here with us now from jerusalem,...
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. >> the election did not go our way -- believe me, i know what that feels like it does that mean we surrender our principles? forhe plan would cut taxes everybody and eventually replace medicare with a voucher plan, cut medicaid by over $700 billion in 10 years. do the democrats have a better idea, mark? >> the democrats have a better idea by basically not letting anything compete in the spotlight with paul ryan's. numbersho looks at believe that you can cut the deficit in 10 years while simultaneously increasing defense spending and cutting 35 to 28, as from mitt romney proposed, but 39 to 25%. it is just a pipe dream. >> are we ever going to settle this thing, lois? >> and then we might. i think the charm offensive is working a little bit. mitch mcconnell is speaking well of the president in saying that we have useful meetings. his biggest problem might end up being the democrats, trying to move them through some sort of entitlement reform. >> evan? >> maybe obama has got some secret plans to, but i don't see it. this is too little too late. if he was serious about a grand bargain
. >> the election did not go our way -- believe me, i know what that feels like it does that mean we surrender our principles? forhe plan would cut taxes everybody and eventually replace medicare with a voucher plan, cut medicaid by over $700 billion in 10 years. do the democrats have a better idea, mark? >> the democrats have a better idea by basically not letting anything compete in the spotlight with paul ryan's. numbersho looks at believe that you can cut the deficit in 10 years...
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this is his first trip before being re-elected. it certainly helped persuade the israeli government to come up with a coalition agreement so that their act would be together to greet him. i think it's going to be really interesting to see what he says tomorrow to the people because that is how the obama administration is framing this trip. not as a diplomatic coup, but really as a person-to-person mission. israelis just don't know him. you know-- >> john: especially netanyahu's brother, apparently, who said some very unkind things about the president's stand toward israel. >> well, i think there is suspicion. much of that is based on because there has not been that much of this kind of contact. in 2009 the president went to kay row and gave an amazing speech there and traveled the middle east, but many israelis felt neglected. now he's taking care of that. >> and we know the palestinians feel neglected as well. maysoon let me ask you. we all have high hopes where the president hopes to reignite talk of a two-state solution. but giv
this is his first trip before being re-elected. it certainly helped persuade the israeli government to come up with a coalition agreement so that their act would be together to greet him. i think it's going to be really interesting to see what he says tomorrow to the people because that is how the obama administration is framing this trip. not as a diplomatic coup, but really as a person-to-person mission. israelis just don't know him. you know-- >> john: especially netanyahu's brother,...
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chris christie was one of the many electable people not invited. the most electable guy. now he looks like a bigger winner by not being invited. do they care if they win or is it about shoring up donations votes in primaries and supports in the short term. >> it's all about that. and they didn't realize that it doesn't work. it doesn't work. you didn't win. it's just incredible that they keep going on. and they just turned on rob portman. they will turn on their own on a dime. there is no loyalty in that party. >> john: it's very true. rob portman is now being cast out by many parts of the party. >> i think they can eke out another election based on wedge issues rather than addressing addressing--because i think they maybe come to recognize that they can't actually attract minority voters so they're trying to suppress it through voting right amendment. >> john: gerrymandering. >> amnesty. and if that's--if they can do that maybe they'll--that's a band aid and maybe they can eke out another election. but in the long run it's not a winning strategy. >> john: hari, i got ten
chris christie was one of the many electable people not invited. the most electable guy. now he looks like a bigger winner by not being invited. do they care if they win or is it about shoring up donations votes in primaries and supports in the short term. >> it's all about that. and they didn't realize that it doesn't work. it doesn't work. you didn't win. it's just incredible that they keep going on. and they just turned on rob portman. they will turn on their own on a dime. there is no...
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probably 3% of the african-american vote my first election. i spent a lot of time the next two years for a lot of different reasons. engage in the community. i got 50% of the vote my second. my re-election. >> richard nixon -- >> 98% of, you know, work is just showing up. >> you show up. it makes a difference. >> it's not that long ago, republicans could get a third or more of the african-american vote. richard nixon did. so it can be done. there is an appeal. but, i think, republicans to have to formulate their message in a way that connects with and makes sense to not just african-american communities, but latino and asian americans as well who voted helpful against republicans in this past election and the whole -- one big problem with the republican party, frankly, if its image as a country club, as a white preserve, as a southern party that welcomes the sort of most ravenus elements of the old south. >> that's not true. i can tell it you why that's not true. i don't even know what that means! >> exactly! >> how could i only allow the most
probably 3% of the african-american vote my first election. i spent a lot of time the next two years for a lot of different reasons. engage in the community. i got 50% of the vote my second. my re-election. >> richard nixon -- >> 98% of, you know, work is just showing up. >> you show up. it makes a difference. >> it's not that long ago, republicans could get a third or more of the african-american vote. richard nixon did. so it can be done. there is an appeal. but, i...
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prosecutors say nicolas sarkozy illegally took donations from france's richest woman, before the 2007 election victory. the woman is the heir to the l'oreal cosmetics fortune and is 90 years old. >>> on capitol hill the new budget deal passed by congress continues the requirement for six-day mail delivery. but some lawmakers and postal officials say plan to cut saturday service to save the money should proceed. others say a provision in the bill mandates six days a week. >> more signs the housing market is coming back. sales of previously occupied homes rose again last month. selling at the fastest pace there in more than three years. and home prices are up almost 12% in a year. as abc's steve osunsami reports, more people are starting to put their homes on the market and for good reason. >> reporter: what a turn around. it took only ten days to sell this beautiful home in the middle of atlanta. there were four offers. it sold for $10,000 above asking. >> do you like this house? >> nathan and christine mayberry have been searching for a single family home in a good school district and say ther
prosecutors say nicolas sarkozy illegally took donations from france's richest woman, before the 2007 election victory. the woman is the heir to the l'oreal cosmetics fortune and is 90 years old. >>> on capitol hill the new budget deal passed by congress continues the requirement for six-day mail delivery. but some lawmakers and postal officials say plan to cut saturday service to save the money should proceed. others say a provision in the bill mandates six days a week. >> more...
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one being the desire to elect a pope from outside europe and outside the west. in practice, that meant looking to one of the 19 latin american cardinals who were in the conclave. second was a strong antiestablishment mood on many cardinals who wanted to break the old patterns of doing business in the vatican and sort of shake things up, in in particular wanting somebody who could deliver a serious reform in greater transparency, accountability, and efficiency. the third was the fact that cardinal bergoglio had had very strong support in the conclave eight years ago that elected joseph ratzinger. 50 of the cardinals this time had taken place last time. if you add things up, that's how you take a man who was seen a long shot to, in effect, a consensus candidate elected quite rapidly in just five ballots. >> great article. the path to papacy. not him, not him, therefore, him. can you tell us what's happening right now? >> sure. well, this is the pope moving -- again, you see him with the censor, the incense, which symbolizes the prayers of the community being lifte
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wheatfield in the 2012 presidential election. the 2012 field presidential election. basically from 2003 to 2006, republicans and many conservatives were loyal to bush. they adhered to more or less the bush program, including medical drugs, and i think there was a conservative case for that bill. that is another panel. but, basically, bush's job rating really crumbled in 2005 as people were watching the television violence in baghdad and new orleans, and he never really recovered. republican candidates to head mauldin themselves in the bush mold ended up not -- republican candidates who had molded themselves in the bush mold ended up not running. so you're operating in a kind of vacuum. i think there are prospects for of candidates.d congressman, is there something wrong with the process itself though? think i know some who can win a general election. is there something deterring them from getting involved? >> with my own election and other elections, what the other side is doing is to tear down that person personally. that is a tremendous burden. when you ask somebod
wheatfield in the 2012 presidential election. the 2012 field presidential election. basically from 2003 to 2006, republicans and many conservatives were loyal to bush. they adhered to more or less the bush program, including medical drugs, and i think there was a conservative case for that bill. that is another panel. but, basically, bush's job rating really crumbled in 2005 as people were watching the television violence in baghdad and new orleans, and he never really recovered. republican...
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monthst election is 20 away. that was the time to furlough out theultants and tune pollsters, send the focus groups home and toss the political if we truly know what we believe, we don't need to tell us.s [applause] know the truly seek to hearts and minds of the american substitutere is no for going out and asking them, with realof them world experience, actually hardrsations with actually working americans and that goes for finding candidates, as well. creating a government by, for the people. it means looking to our communities, our pat's, service businesses, tea party rallies and city halls for willing to lead. do you know someone who's judgment you snrust someone who doesn't just preach common sense but actually lives it? encourage her or him to run for office. are you mad at hell and think that you have a better way? run yourselves, don't let the big consultants, the big money big bad media scare you off. invalidate you. don't let them invalidate you more realo doubt have world practical experience with fami
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. >> it's not the fault of the lawmakers, it's the fault of election process. when you get elected, what's the first thing you want to do? you want to get reelected. in order to get reelected you need to bring the goodies to your constituency. unless there's a law or change the election process, that's going to continue add infini infinitem, forever. it's unfortunate, it's sad. unless there's a-- unless we outlaw pork, i don't see anything changing. >> brenda: we have ourselves to blame at the bottom. but jonas, let's talk about all the fork projects. this has been going on forever and ever and both parties love to feast on pork. in fact, you can't cut it out all at once, right? >> i imagine if they cut it out completely there would be no passing of any bills because it doesn't add up to a whole lot, but boils down to, it's not going to balance the budget. and second, it's the bribe use today get the senators in congress to vote for these bigger, more important bills which would never get passed if you couldn't-- you're getting a bridge and you're getting this
. >> it's not the fault of the lawmakers, it's the fault of election process. when you get elected, what's the first thing you want to do? you want to get reelected. in order to get reelected you need to bring the goodies to your constituency. unless there's a law or change the election process, that's going to continue add infini infinitem, forever. it's unfortunate, it's sad. unless there's a-- unless we outlaw pork, i don't see anything changing. >> brenda: we have ourselves to...
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but then we look to the election and everybody will pay attention to 2016. a time and a place where it those be taken care of. if congress wants to show courage or willingness to do it, that's where it should be focused on. these are interesting and in many ways distraction to a larger issue. what will we do with the huge entitlement package we have. >> we were talking about this earlier. when you look at the white house, obviously, our elected officials have to travel. but when you think of joe biden's one day in paris, limousines and hotel rooms, the president and the white house is defensive about this. did he have to go to florida and spend $78,000 just on the local law enforcement to play golf with tiger woods? >> no. look. it always comes down to this oh, but bush did it. someone else did it. yeah, they have all done this. this isn't an obama problem. all parents do this. we haven't always been in an economic downturn. you can say under bush we were, i guess. clinton did the same thing. we dote need this pomp and circumstance. cut back on this and it l
but then we look to the election and everybody will pay attention to 2016. a time and a place where it those be taken care of. if congress wants to show courage or willingness to do it, that's where it should be focused on. these are interesting and in many ways distraction to a larger issue. what will we do with the huge entitlement package we have. >> we were talking about this earlier. when you look at the white house, obviously, our elected officials have to travel. but when you think...
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today is the primary and the special house seat election there with mark sanford in the field. up next, the top stories in the politico playbook. but first, bill karins with a check on the winter storm. >>> as advertised, it's an ugly morning in new england. school delays and cancellations, especially up toward massachusetts, vermont, new hampshire and up here into maine. the temperatures tell the story of how the roads are this morning as you head out. as you look at the freezing line, it's right in here now, it's moving up to northern connecticut and just south of boston. south of that line through rhode island and connecticut, it's slushy, passable, the roads are improving. we are plenty cold north of there, and that's where the snow is coming down and that's where the travel is by far the worst. the white on this map shows you the snow, the blue and white inside of the snow. and there's even some pretty good snow moving up through upstate new york. you get the picture, it's pretty much the mass pike north wards is where the worst of the travel's going to be through this mor
today is the primary and the special house seat election there with mark sanford in the field. up next, the top stories in the politico playbook. but first, bill karins with a check on the winter storm. >>> as advertised, it's an ugly morning in new england. school delays and cancellations, especially up toward massachusetts, vermont, new hampshire and up here into maine. the temperatures tell the story of how the roads are this morning as you head out. as you look at the freezing...
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today he spoke modestly of his own abilities. >> the cardinals have elected me a symbol, humble worker in the vineyard of the lord. >> reporter: president bush joined other world leaders in welcoming the pope. >> laura and i offer our congratulations to pope benedict xvi. he's a man of great wisdom and knowledge he's a man who serves the lord. and we remember well a sermon at the pope's funeral in rome how his words touched our hearts and the hearts of millions. >> the new faces enormous challenges. a crippling short of of priest, disappearing congregations. born again christian movements in strongholds such as latin american and the it was clear from the joyful crowds that benedict 16 at least for now is riding his own wave of good will. >> bob mackenzie takes a look at the life of john paul ii. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in america. now, leaf's an easier choice than ever. ♪ shop
today he spoke modestly of his own abilities. >> the cardinals have elected me a symbol, humble worker in the vineyard of the lord. >> reporter: president bush joined other world leaders in welcoming the pope. >> laura and i offer our congratulations to pope benedict xvi. he's a man of great wisdom and knowledge he's a man who serves the lord. and we remember well a sermon at the pope's funeral in rome how his words touched our hearts and the hearts of millions. >> the...
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today he spoke modestly of his own abilities. >> the cardinals have elected me a symbol, humble worker in the vineyard of the lord. >> reporter: president bush joined other world leaders in welcoming the pope. >> laura and i offer our congratulations to pope benedict xvi. he's a man of great wisdom and knowledge he's a man who serves the lord. and we remember well a sermon at the pope's funeral in rome how his words touched our hearts and the hearts of millions. >> the new faces enormous challenges. a crippling short of of priest, disappearing congregations. born again christian movements in strongholds such as latin american and the it was clear from the joyful crowds that benedict 16 at least for now is riding his own wave of good will. >> bob mackenzie takes a look at the life of john paul ii. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in america. now, leaf's an easier choice than ever. ♪
today he spoke modestly of his own abilities. >> the cardinals have elected me a symbol, humble worker in the vineyard of the lord. >> reporter: president bush joined other world leaders in welcoming the pope. >> laura and i offer our congratulations to pope benedict xvi. he's a man of great wisdom and knowledge he's a man who serves the lord. and we remember well a sermon at the pope's funeral in rome how his words touched our hearts and the hearts of millions. >> the...
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i was the elected auditor at the city of alameda. i served on the citizens oversight committee and the citizens watchdog committee of the alameda county transportation commission. again, overseeing this exact kind of situation of bond funding and grant funding. i served as the president of the [speaker not understood] community college foundation. i served as the treasurer of the oakland chamber of commerce, many other boards and commissions. and, so, i feel like i could step into this position and play a helpful role quickly. i certainly understand the exact purpose of the committee related to assuring that the dollars are spent in accordance with the agreement set up with the community when they voted to approve the bond. so, assuring the public trust, assuring that new bonds can be approved when the city decides to go back and ask for more bond from the community and assuring that the bond rating of the city remains strong. so, with that i thank you for the opportunity to talk with you and hope to have a chance to serve the city.
i was the elected auditor at the city of alameda. i served on the citizens oversight committee and the citizens watchdog committee of the alameda county transportation commission. again, overseeing this exact kind of situation of bond funding and grant funding. i served as the president of the [speaker not understood] community college foundation. i served as the treasurer of the oakland chamber of commerce, many other boards and commissions. and, so, i feel like i could step into this position...
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look, both of these guys just won elections. they are in the words of a top american official the other day, stuck with each other. and it's very crystal clear today, both of them have decided to try to turn a new page. are they going to be best friends, i think not. but are they going to be better friends? today it appeared they're going to at least try at that. and, you know, that makes a difference. when you're dealing with the iran nuclear crisis, the syria civil crisis, the question of whether you can get the palestinians and the israelis back on the table. if they like each other a bit more, it helps when things get difficult. and that's a difficult list. >> people assume that iran may be overshadowing this trip, in a sense, syria has overtaken even iran because of the suggestion that chemical weapons have been used, both sides trying to blame the other side. what do we really know about what may have happened here? >> reporter: not much, which is part of the issue. the president used some very muscular language today at t
look, both of these guys just won elections. they are in the words of a top american official the other day, stuck with each other. and it's very crystal clear today, both of them have decided to try to turn a new page. are they going to be best friends, i think not. but are they going to be better friends? today it appeared they're going to at least try at that. and, you know, that makes a difference. when you're dealing with the iran nuclear crisis, the syria civil crisis, the question of...
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now we're going to have this trial election in iraq let's see how that works out difference if maliki party starts to lose power loses power and he's going to have to stand parliament and i was not in support of the alice our parliamentary elections and i reckon twenty fourteen let's see what happens john go ahead jump in. yes let's see what happens and stop supporting whatever side happens to win stop arming the iraqi government with tens of billions of dollars worth of lockheed martin's and raytheon's production equipment and stop sending them taxpayer dollars on the order of one to two billion dollars a year they don't deserve our money they are oppressing their people and it is a terrible add on to the greatest war crime of the twenty first century to continue intervening in that country when we are not wanted we are not morally justified from doing so the interventionism from people like douglas who have such an insatiable need to intervene in every corner of the world especially resource rich corners of the world that are jews to treated equally important is really a thing to be
now we're going to have this trial election in iraq let's see how that works out difference if maliki party starts to lose power loses power and he's going to have to stand parliament and i was not in support of the alice our parliamentary elections and i reckon twenty fourteen let's see what happens john go ahead jump in. yes let's see what happens and stop supporting whatever side happens to win stop arming the iraqi government with tens of billions of dollars worth of lockheed martin's and...
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the chairman of the party is not really -- he's not elected by the public but he's in place, elected by the party. if he starts challenging the assumptions prevalent among the party base in report, he's going to be out of a job. there's no wiggle room on policy to expand the republican pertar to appeal to nonrepublicans because you'll be punished by republic chance in primaries. you'll lose your joobzb as a republican. >> angela, if there's no wiggle room to be in the factual universe as opposed to this kind of offensive racist stuff, where do they go? >> they better wiggle in a different direction. look at the fact edge today the president nominated tom perez as the next secretary of labor. that's his pick. then you have folks coming out right after that, this brilliant man who spent a lot of time focusing on voting rights. he's been a huge champion in the civil rights division of doj. they're out saying he's not going to support his nomination because of a black panther case he wasn't even in office for yet. their messaging is wrong. they should wiggle more to the middle. >> angela
the chairman of the party is not really -- he's not elected by the public but he's in place, elected by the party. if he starts challenging the assumptions prevalent among the party base in report, he's going to be out of a job. there's no wiggle room on policy to expand the republican pertar to appeal to nonrepublicans because you'll be punished by republic chance in primaries. you'll lose your joobzb as a republican. >> angela, if there's no wiggle room to be in the factual universe as...
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african-american to be elected president of the united states. part of the reason that they feel shunned by him is because he's such a rock star. it wouldn't matter so much if he wasn't so popular around the world, and so i think young people will respond to him, young israelis will respond to him very well. i think this will be -- especially because he's so good at communicating, i think this will be a very positive speech and the consequence of that if he gets a bounce in israeli public opinion as i would expect, then bibi netanyahu will have to pay more attention to the things he asks him to do. the israeli public historically has punished israeli prime ministers who mishandle their relationships with popular american presidents. bibi netanyahu lost his election bid back in 1999 when he was running against erude barack because the israeli public saw he mishandled his relationship with president clinton and netanyahu faces that problem now which is part of the reason why he's going to be so warm and effusive in receiving obama but if he sees th
african-american to be elected president of the united states. part of the reason that they feel shunned by him is because he's such a rock star. it wouldn't matter so much if he wasn't so popular around the world, and so i think young people will respond to him, young israelis will respond to him very well. i think this will be -- especially because he's so good at communicating, i think this will be a very positive speech and the consequence of that if he gets a bounce in israeli public...
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>> i am elected. i'm in my third term and i've been the sheriff for ten and the response has been overwhelming. in the last 18 hours received over 6, 700 e-mails and out of those only ten have been negative. all the rest have been supportive. >> greta: no doubt in your mind, you're not going to enforce these two laws. >> there's absolutely no doubt in my mind i will not enforce these laws because i can't, i won't, i don't have the desire or the will to do it. >> greta: sheriff, thank you for joining us, sir. >> thank you for having me. >> greta: also tonight the possibility of congress approving an assault weapons ban just got slimmer. senate democratic leaders are now removing the ban from the gun control measure that the senate is set to debate. instead, the assault weapons ban will be offered later as an amendment. and that is according to a sponsor senator dianne feinstein and the senate majority leader, harry reid saying he's concerned for the assault position would block passage of any bill at a
>> i am elected. i'm in my third term and i've been the sheriff for ten and the response has been overwhelming. in the last 18 hours received over 6, 700 e-mails and out of those only ten have been negative. all the rest have been supportive. >> greta: no doubt in your mind, you're not going to enforce these two laws. >> there's absolutely no doubt in my mind i will not enforce these laws because i can't, i won't, i don't have the desire or the will to do it. >> greta:...
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bush's fell to a low of 12% within a couple of years obama was elected approval was 92%. was that a population of haters? no. people who could make discriminating judgments on how they assessed the new leader of the same country. many western europeans and others were unhappy with the leader they saw the unilateral action who would have a swagger in his step with no interest in their opinion and when he left office in the new president came in who seemed to be good at articulating why it was in u.s. interest to seek cooperation and embody a set of ideals that we are land of opportunity of a sudden the states was popular. that all the a consistent hatred but that is rare. we find foreigners can make distinguishing judgments. >> host: why should we care what germans think of us? when is the last time we were asked about angela merkle? >> they're actually quite interested and. >> host: why? >> because united states has a lot of power and resources and when we get a cold day get pneumonia. when we decide to use our tremendously powerful military machine united states looms la
bush's fell to a low of 12% within a couple of years obama was elected approval was 92%. was that a population of haters? no. people who could make discriminating judgments on how they assessed the new leader of the same country. many western europeans and others were unhappy with the leader they saw the unilateral action who would have a swagger in his step with no interest in their opinion and when he left office in the new president came in who seemed to be good at articulating why it was in...
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after winning a majority in palestinian elections in 2006 hamas violently expel fad a from gaza. fatah is the older establish secular party of mahmoud abbas, also known as abu mazen which now runs palestinia affairs on the west bank. as president obama travels to israel and the west bank this week, they are trying to assess whether a real opportunity exists for the united states to try to revive the long-stalled israeli/palestinian peace process. but among ordinary palestinians, he'll find no expectations that the u.s. can or will do anything to change the situation. >> when obama came to power we hoped he'd have a different policy but israeli pressures have had influence on him. >> he is not welce here in palestine. what will he do for us? all of them are standing with israel, not with the palestinian people. >> warner: an even bigger hurding: the deep division among palestinians reflected in the ongoing split between hamas and fatah. this wall on the street in gaza is adorned by the smiles of two dead men-- yasser arafat, the fatah founder and first palestinian president who di
after winning a majority in palestinian elections in 2006 hamas violently expel fad a from gaza. fatah is the older establish secular party of mahmoud abbas, also known as abu mazen which now runs palestinia affairs on the west bank. as president obama travels to israel and the west bank this week, they are trying to assess whether a real opportunity exists for the united states to try to revive the long-stalled israeli/palestinian peace process. but among ordinary palestinians, he'll find no...
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wasust when his father losing the election? >> yes. he stepped off a boat. 1829.was may, the power had already shifted to andrew jackson. they asked george to come back to washington to escort family to quincy. he either fell or jumped off the boat. devastating personal tragedy. >> two years later, his brother died of alcoholism. >> 1834, it was a little bit later. >> one child survived. what about their grandchildren and heirs? >> there are a number of grandchildren. john adams the second, he had married his cousin and had two children. john quincy emily said became the guardians to those children. anotherger one died in tragedy. charles francis adams married andail wrote -- brook, they had a number of children. they are in boston. john quincy adams we sell only see them during their summer breaks, because they spend pretty much all their time in washington. >> cheryl from santa barbara. >> i do so much for having the program. i am really enjoying it. i was wondering if you know sizelouisa catherine's was. she looks very petite in her
wasust when his father losing the election? >> yes. he stepped off a boat. 1829.was may, the power had already shifted to andrew jackson. they asked george to come back to washington to escort family to quincy. he either fell or jumped off the boat. devastating personal tragedy. >> two years later, his brother died of alcoholism. >> 1834, it was a little bit later. >> one child survived. what about their grandchildren and heirs? >> there are a number of...
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. >>> the woman that lost the 2008 election and the man that helped lose the 2012 election are at each other's throats. >>> and a shouting match breaks out at cpac. the issue? slavery. i do a lot of research on angie's list before i do any projects on my own. at angie's list, you'll find reviews written by people just like you. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. [ male announcer ] why do more emergency workers everywhere trust duracell...?? duralock power preserve. locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. now...guaranteed. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. exciting and would always come max and pto my rescue. bookstore but as time passed, i started to notice max just wasn't himself. and i knew he'd feel better if he lost a little weight. so i switched to purina cat chow healthy weight formula. i just fed the recommended amount... and they both loved the taste. after a few months max's "special powers" returned... and i got my hero back. purina cat chow healthy weight. [ slap! ] [ sla
. >>> the woman that lost the 2008 election and the man that helped lose the 2012 election are at each other's throats. >>> and a shouting match breaks out at cpac. the issue? slavery. i do a lot of research on angie's list before i do any projects on my own. at angie's list, you'll find reviews written by people just like you. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. [ male announcer ] why do...
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does john quincy adams seek re-election? >> he did. it was a lot of people think to this day the most scurilous campaigns, both sides threw plenty of mud at the other. it wasn't close at the end. andrew jackson denied the presidency four years earlier, overwhelmed john quincy adams. and like his father, he didn't stick around for his successor's inauguration. he did come back to washington just a couple years later in a unique role, the only american president to this day who came back as a member of the house of representatives. >> so there is a couple of firsts here, the first father and son to serve in the white house, this is the first and only foreign born first lady and the first and only president to come back in an elective role in the legislature. >> history repeated itself in one other tragic way. john and abigail lost a son between his defeat and the inauguration of thomas jefferson. >> he committed suicide? >> george washington adams, who i suspect just the pressure of that name would probably drive anyone up the wall. geor
does john quincy adams seek re-election? >> he did. it was a lot of people think to this day the most scurilous campaigns, both sides threw plenty of mud at the other. it wasn't close at the end. andrew jackson denied the presidency four years earlier, overwhelmed john quincy adams. and like his father, he didn't stick around for his successor's inauguration. he did come back to washington just a couple years later in a unique role, the only american president to this day who came back as...
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it means supporting repeated elections, not just one election. we need to focus more on that, more on building this fabric of democracy, and less unfeeling as the week to endorse whoever wins an election. finally, i think we need to be prepared to judge on our actions, not just our words. going to give another high- profile speech is not want to cut it. people want to see action, especially because there is a view that the 2009 speech was not carried out, it did not translate into policy. the places where we will be most judged on our actions will be syria and iraq. in syria, we need to stake out a strategy, we need to put resources behind it, we need to put a coalition behind it. it is damaging this idea that the united states is passive when people see syria as the most urgent and immediate national security priority for the united states and our allies. when it comes to iran, we need to repeat -- we need to reconcile the conflicting messages were sent on iran. we say the military option is on the table. we will not hesitate. then we take an ai
it means supporting repeated elections, not just one election. we need to focus more on that, more on building this fabric of democracy, and less unfeeling as the week to endorse whoever wins an election. finally, i think we need to be prepared to judge on our actions, not just our words. going to give another high- profile speech is not want to cut it. people want to see action, especially because there is a view that the 2009 speech was not carried out, it did not translate into policy. the...
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i mean we sent our elected representatives to washington, d.c. and they chose to say that marriage is one man and one woman for purposes of federal law. >> reporter: conservatives say the founding fathers never contemplated gay marriage. >> because it's clearly not what anyone understood as marriage at the time of the framing of the constitution. >> reporter: still, same-sex families pay taxes and don't get the same benefits and the issue with doma really gets complicated if they have children who are also excluded from benefits. >> when we have kids i would like them to be born in a post-doma united states. >> still, california is one of only a handful of states that gives most of the benefits of marriage to same-sex couples and domestic partnerships. one question is whether any ruling by the court on california could affect all of those other states in the same way. fred? >> thanks so much, joe johns in washington. >>> bill clinton signed doma into law when he was president. now he's asking the u.s. supreme court to overturn it. in an opinion p
i mean we sent our elected representatives to washington, d.c. and they chose to say that marriage is one man and one woman for purposes of federal law. >> reporter: conservatives say the founding fathers never contemplated gay marriage. >> because it's clearly not what anyone understood as marriage at the time of the framing of the constitution. >> reporter: still, same-sex families pay taxes and don't get the same benefits and the issue with doma really gets complicated if...
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mented an election in spite of the fact that he faced an organized and highly well-financed opposing campaign, and so it suggests, as the appearance of wall street, occupy wall street itself did, that this is a story that suddenly had acquired great urgency. i had to not end it where i thought i was going to end it with john d. rockefeller and all those shiny dimes that all those people put on the stairs to his future rail monument, but i had to carry it forward to where we are now, so the book grew a little longer. i did my best to keep it short and succinct, but in the process of doing this, i workedded closely with two things that bear examination for a variety of reasons. one of them was the "forbes" magazine's richest 400 published every year, and that is a fascinating source of information. it's -- it's designed to speak among other things to our fondness for the rich. the information itself is conveyed in essentially what is a sell -- celebrateed mode, and this was has z -- as the economy turned decisively south by something bill gates and warren buffet decided to do with the
mented an election in spite of the fact that he faced an organized and highly well-financed opposing campaign, and so it suggests, as the appearance of wall street, occupy wall street itself did, that this is a story that suddenly had acquired great urgency. i had to not end it where i thought i was going to end it with john d. rockefeller and all those shiny dimes that all those people put on the stairs to his future rail monument, but i had to carry it forward to where we are now, so the book...